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Agnes vs Treasa

Agnes and Treasacompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.

Head to head

Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.

  • Republic of Ireland · Girls

    In 2021, Agnes was ranked #586 and Treasa #883 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Agnes and Treasa over time

Agnes and Treasa appear together in 1 published list, across 38 years of shared records. Agnes held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Treasa in 0.

In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.

Agnes reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Treasa in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.

Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.

How this pair is related

The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.

  • Repeatedly exchanged positions

    Agnes and Treasa changed places 16 times in Republic of Ireland · Girls between 1969 and 2021, ending at #586 and #883.

  • Longest-running competitions

    Agnes and Treasa were both ranked in Republic of Ireland · Girls for 38 years, from 1969 to 2021, ending at #586 and #883.

List by list

  • Republic of Ireland · Girls38 shared years, 19692021

    Agnes held the stronger position in 21 of those years, Treasa in 16.

    Highest recorded here: Agnes #129 in 1969, Treasa #240 in 1977.

    The order between them never changed and held in this list.

    Most recent shared year, 2021: Agnes #586, Treasa #883.

Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Agnes, Treasa
FieldAgnesTreasa
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagefemalefemale
MeaningNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
OriginNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
PronunciationNot yet recorded
Syllables22
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageGB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NOGB-NIR, IE
Most recent popularity observationNorway · Girls #49 (2025)Republic of Ireland · Girls #883 (2021)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)94/10088/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)100/10060/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Agnes and Treasa both have 2 syllables.
  • Both names have recorded usage in GB-NIR, IE.

How each name got here

Agnes

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #128 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1945–2025

    Highest recorded position: #39 among girls in Norway, in 2014 (recorded 1945–2025).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #49 among girls in Norway, in 2025.

    Norway · Girls

Treasa

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1969

    First recorded at #443 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Republic of Ireland · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1969–2021

    Highest recorded position: #240 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1977 (recorded 1969–2021).

    Republic of Ireland · Girls

  3. Most recent2021

    Most recently recorded at #883 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2021.

    Republic of Ireland · Girls